Research Scientist, Department
of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Education
- B.S. (1987), Mech.Eng., Ohio Northern University
- M.S. (1989) and Sc.D. (1993), Mech.Eng., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology/Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanographic
Engineering
- Areas of Specialty
- Dynamics and control of systems -- linear multivariable and nonlinear.
- Numerical analysis and simulation.
- Mechanics of underwater vehicles, surface vessels, and marine cables.
- Robotics.
- Computer animation.
Dr. Hover held a post-doctoral fellowship at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
(MBARI) through January 1995.
At the MIT Towtank,
he has helped to develop the Virtual Cable Testing
Apparatus (VCTA), improved the RoboTuna
control system, and studied the mechanics of ocean risers.
Additionally, his Boston-based consulting business has been involved the
following projects:
- MIT Seagrant's
Odyssey-class underwater vehicles -- dynamic
analysis, simulation, and control system design.
- MIT Seagrant's CETUS vehicle, rotationally-molded and built for
Lockheed -- conceptual design through delivery.
- WHOI's Autonomous Ocean Samping Network -- strategies for mooring an
autonomous underwater vehicle to a remote platform.
- Selected Publications
Hover FS, Davis JT, Triantafyllou MS.
Three-dimensionality of mode transition in vortex-induced
vibrations of a circular cylinder.
EUR J MECH B-FLUID
23 (1): 29-40 JAN-FEB 2004
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Hover FS, Tvedt H, Triantafyllou MS.
Vortex-induced vibrations of a cylinder with tripping
wires.
J FLUID MECH 448: 175-195 DEC 10 2001
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Hover FS, Triantafyllou MS.
Galloping response of a cylinder with upstream wake interference.
J FLUID STRUCT 15 (3-4): 503-512 APR-MAY 2001
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Hover FS, Techet AH, Triantafyllou MS
Forces on oscillating uniform and tapered cylinders in
crossflow.
J FLUID MECH 363: 97-114 MAY 25 1998
For more publications see the
Papers page.
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